Tim Russell: (TONY BLAIR) Cheers, everyone, I'm Tony Blair, and on this July the 4th holiday, let me just remind you that we British are currently your only friends in the whole world. So don't get all chuffed up about Paul Revere and all that. It's really quite ungrateful, and unbecoming besides. Enjoy your sausages and so forth, but if you really want to be free from your only friend in the Universe, the British, I'd think twice. And remember that the exchange rate is still in our favor. I'm Tony Blair, and I approved this message.

Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).